Tony Wakeford

Anthony Charles Wakeford (born 2 May 1959) is a British neofolk musician, who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus. He is also a member of the punk rock band Crisis and a co-founder of Death in June.

Biography Early work Wakeford was the bassist for the English punk rock band Crisis. An openly left-wing and anti-fascist band, Crisis disbanded in 1980, but Wakeford later began touring with a new line-up of the band in 2017. In 2007, Wakeford described his National Front membership as "probably the worst decision of my life". Wakeford had also been a member of the Odinic Rite, a neopagan organization. After being fired from Death in June, Wakeford formed the post-punk band Above the Ruins, and in October 1984, they released a nine song demo album on cassette, Songs of the Wolf, which was distributed through the London-based P.O. box BCM Grimnir, and from the National Front bookshop in Croydon. and in late 1985, announced that their demo would be "soon to be available on record". adapting the band's name from a cult that predated Christianity. The band's music combines acoustic guitar playing and "neo-classical instrumentation" with elements of industrial music.

In 1990, Wakeford formed his own record label, Tursa. With distribution by World Serpent Distribution, Tursa released numerous albums by Sol Invictus, starting with Trees in Winter. After World Serpent dissolved in the 2000s, Cold Spring began distributing the band's albums.

Discography

YearTitleFormat, special notesArtist 1984 Songs of the Wolf Cassette/CD Above the Ruins 1987 Imperium LP (reissued on CD, 2001) Current 93 1987 Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty in Sorrow 2xLP (reissued on CD, 1994) Current 93 1988 Earth Covers Earth LP (reissued on CD, 1992) (limited LP reissue, 2005) Current 93 1989 Music, Martinis and Misanthopy LP/CD Boyd Rice and Friends 1989 Cooloorta Moon 12" Nurse With Wound 1989 Crooked Crosses for the Nodding God CD Current 93 1990 Looney Runes LP, CD 1992 Current 93 1990 Horse LP (reissued on CD as Horsey with extra/reworked tracks, 1997) Current 93 1991 Creakiness 12" Nurse With Wound/Spasm 1992 Soresucker 12"/CD Nurse With Wound 1992 Revenge of the Selfish Shellfish CD Wakeford/Stapleton 1993 La Croix CD Tony Wakeford 1994 Above us the Sun CD Tony Wakeford 1994 Summer Ends 7" (live tracks later included on Paris CD) Tony Wakeford 1996 Cupid & Death CD Tony Wakeford 1996 Cantos CD L'Orchestre Noir 1998 Autumn Calls CD Wakeford/Tor Lundvall 1998 Eleven CD L'Orchestre Noir 1998 Believe Me CD Tony Wakeford 2000 Three Nine CD Howden/Wakeford 2002 Paris CD (live concert recording) Tony Wakeford 2003 Wormwood CD Howden/Wakeford 2004 The Murky Brine CD HaWthorn (Howden/Wakeford) 2005 Cups in Cupboard CD The Wardrobe (Andrew Liles & Tony Wakeford) 2005 Marseilles CD (live concert recording) Duo Noir (Matt Howden & Tony Wakeford) 2006 A Sandwich Short CD The Wardrobe (Andrew Liles & Tony Wakeford) 2007 Into The Woods CD Tony Wakeford 2008 Marble Heart CD Grey Force Wakeford (Nick Grey, Kris Force & Tony Wakeford) 2008 Ghosts CD Triple Tree (Andrew King & Tony Wakeford) 2008 The Affordable Holmes EP CD Orchestra Noir 2008 Lucifer Before Sunrise 7" The Wardrobe 2009 Not All of Me Will Die CD released by The Eastern Front label, Israel Tony Wakeford 2011 Oddities CD Tony Wakeford